TY - JOUR
T1 - Health insurance literacy and health service utilization among college students
AU - James, Tyler G.
AU - Sullivan, Meagan K.
AU - Dumeny, Leanne
AU - Lindsey, Katherine
AU - Cheong, Jee Won
AU - Nicolette, Guy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/17
Y1 - 2020/2/17
N2 - Objective: Health literacy and health insurance literacy affect healthcare utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between health insurance knowledge, self-efficacy, and student healthcare utilization in the past year. Participants: A random sample of 1,450 respondents, over the age of 18, attending a public university in the southeastern United States completed a survey in March 2017. Methods: A model was constructed to test the effect of health insurance self-efficacy on the relation between knowledge and healthcare utilization in the past year. Results: Health insurance knowledge (M = 5.8, range 0–10) and self-efficacy (M = 2.48, range 1–4) were low. Self-efficacy was a significant moderator when explaining healthcare utilization in the past year. Conclusions: College students have low knowledge and self-efficacy regarding health insurance. These findings can be used for developing policies and self-efficacy-based health education programs that may increase student healthcare utilization.
AB - Objective: Health literacy and health insurance literacy affect healthcare utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between health insurance knowledge, self-efficacy, and student healthcare utilization in the past year. Participants: A random sample of 1,450 respondents, over the age of 18, attending a public university in the southeastern United States completed a survey in March 2017. Methods: A model was constructed to test the effect of health insurance self-efficacy on the relation between knowledge and healthcare utilization in the past year. Results: Health insurance knowledge (M = 5.8, range 0–10) and self-efficacy (M = 2.48, range 1–4) were low. Self-efficacy was a significant moderator when explaining healthcare utilization in the past year. Conclusions: College students have low knowledge and self-efficacy regarding health insurance. These findings can be used for developing policies and self-efficacy-based health education programs that may increase student healthcare utilization.
KW - College health
KW - health insurance knowledge
KW - health insurance literacy
KW - health insurance self-efficacy
KW - healthcare utilization
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1538151
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1538151
M3 - Article
C2 - 30526397
AN - SCOPUS:85058222273
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 68
SP - 200
EP - 206
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 2
ER -